TRAPPED IN WHARE
MOTHER’S NARROW ESCAPE HEAVY DAMAGE OH KAWAU [Pib Unite) Pazas Association.) AUCKLAND, February 13. Trapped in a whare by a serious landslide at Bon Accord Harbour, Kawau Island, Walter Bennett, a three-year-old child, was crushed to death, (fhe child’s mother, who was in an adjoining room, was extricated by residents and escaped unhurt. , The whare was extensively damaged. The fatality was a tragic feature of the heavy storm damage at Kawau. There were serious slips all round the island. Torrential rains fell and a violent thunderstorm, the worst ever experienced, raged on the island. Residents of long standing state that they had never been in such a storm.
A small house in Schoolhouse Bay was surrounded by a fall of clay, and the occupants of the dwelling were forced to leave the house and seek refuge on a launch.
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Evening Star, Issue 22882, 14 February 1938, Page 9
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142TRAPPED IN WHARE Evening Star, Issue 22882, 14 February 1938, Page 9
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